On May 7, 2008, at 12:07 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
The problem with any proposed "large scale social shift" is that in
most
instances the proposed change is achievable only after a large scale
shift has ALREADY been achieved. The only significant large-scale
shift
in my lifetime has been the elimination of Jim Crow in the South,
which
was confirmed by legislation but which was actually brought about
by the
massive illegal activity of a minority of the population.
Feminism has transformed almost everything, from the top of society
to day-to-day life, too. (Except maybe PEN-L.) And that too was
driven by a small band of activists and intellectuals who endured a
lot of shit thrown at them from the broader society. So that's two
really big instances to refute your passive theory of social change.
Doug
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